English Explanatory Dictionary

elephant ear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, ear.
  2. A funnel cake.
  3. A flat, crisp, sugared pastry made of fried dough.
  4. A palmier.
  5. Any of several plants in tribe Colocasieae or Caladieae.
  6. A taro plant, of genera Alocasia, Colocasia, or Xanthosoma.
  7. Caladium.
  8. Burdock (Arctium spp.).
  9. Any bergenia, esp. of species Bergenia crassifolia,
  10. Gynandrocarpa placenta
  11. A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.
  12. A reinforcing disk on a missile.

Word forms

elephant ear elephant ears elephants' ear

Etymology

From general resemblance in form.

Derived words

elephant-ear fern elephant-ear sponge elephant ear tree
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